WASHINGTON — Six states — Texas, Indiana , North Carolina, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Kansas — have defunded Planned Parenthood during the 2011 legislative sessions because some of its clinics provide abortions, but several recent polls suggest that a majority of American voters oppose cutting off funds to the family planning provider.
According to a new Gallup poll, only 40 percent of Americans surveyed would support a law prohibiting health clinics that provide abortions from receiving any federal funds. Only one-third of respondents polled by Harris Interactive/Health Day in 2011 think that Planned Parenthood should be defunded, compared to 55 percent of voters who said the organization’s funding should be kept in place.
Abortions account for less than 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services. And though the Hyde Amendment already prohibits taxpayer money from being used to pay for abortions, many anti-abortion advocates oppose the federal funding of Planned Parenthood because they believe the money could indirectly be used to fund the procedure.
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